This is a public forum where students, their families and educators could spotlight unique success stories. It also provides a central database on Utah high schools that would help inform parents and foster academic competition among schools, much like rankings do for sports and extracurricular activities.

The State School Board will not cancel SAGE tests this year despite demands from lawmakers to repeal the computer-adaptive assessment because of the burden placed on teachers and its controversial use in school accountability.

Utah lawmakers set their sights on education this week, considering bills that would impact low-performing schools, the amount of testing required of students, technology improvements and educational funding for families living in poverty.

The Salt Lake City Public Library System's Smart Start program serves more than 1,000 low-income children each month in 70-plus Head Start and pre-K classrooms. Smart Start aims to promote early childhood literacy and cultivate a love of reading.

Chemistry took a backseat to the couch most mornings for Roy High School student Braxton Vickery. He rarely made it to class — until the day school administrators rousted him out of bed and pull the blankets right off him.

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